10 Balayage Hairstyles for Shoulder Length Hair

A balayage transition is an incredibly popular style to implement into any hair style, type or colour scheme – and once you’ve seen this beautiful gallery of balayage blends then you will be rushing to book your next hair appointment! We think that shoulder length hair can be livened up with a balayage colour blend no end, and we’ve gathered some of our favourite balayage shoulder length styles in this post to provide you with inspiration!

Dark to Light Blonde Balayage: Stylish Shoulder Length Hair Styles

This beautiful shoulder length style is finished with the most beautiful graduated style to create a gorgeous finished look that we cannot get enough of! Starting slightly shorter at the back of the head and working towards longer layers which frame the face, this wonderful style is finished with a dark to light blonde balayage blend which we think looks incredible.

Glossy Brown Balayage

This stunning hairstyle is the perfect example to showcase how breathtaking and natural a balayage effect can be, creating the most gorgeous sun-kissed look on any colour hair! This stunning lady has worked her graduated medium length style from a dark blonde to a lighter blonde in a striking blend which is accentuated by her soft curls.

Bleach Blonde Balayage: Medium Wavy Hairstyle

This gorgeous and tousled look falls just below the shoulders in the perfect medium length hairstyle that we simple adore. The roots are a darker, more honey shade of blonde, and it works quickly into a vibrant bleached blonde through a balayage transition that we cannot get enough of. She’s added the most gorgeous loose waves to create this incredible tousled effect.

Blonde to White Balayage Blend: Straight Lob Hair Styles

Another gorgeous blonde medium hairstyle to add to the collection! This impeccably stylish lady has worked her golden blonde roots into a striking and shiny white shade with a balayage blend, which looks absolutely stunning on this slightly graduated long bob. She’s curled the front sections of hair to frame the face perfectly and we love it!

Copper and Blonde Balayage: Curly Medium Hairstyle

Another medium length hairstyle which features a gorgeous graduated cut, ever so slightly shorter at the back and falling longer at the front, this stunning copper cut has the PoPular Haircuts office swooning! Working from a warming shade of copper at the top to a gorgeous blonde at the tips, this hair has been loosely curled for bounce and body.

Chocolate to Caramel Balayage: Wavy Lob for Thick Hair

This stunning bob finishes just above the shoulder with the ends forming a gradient line, slightly shorter at the back and longer towards the front. The roots are a stunning and rich light chocolate brown which melts into a gorgeous dark caramel at the ends, adding a sun-kissed effect. This hairstyle is loosely curled for a fabulous finish that we adore.

Black to Blonde Blend

This gorgeous long bob falls below the shoulders and is parted in the centre, for what we think creates the ultimate medium hairstyle that we absolutely cannot get enough of! This ever so stylish lady’s roots are a glossy black, and she’s used a balayage blend to melt the colour into a warm blonde throughout the body of the hair in a look we just cannot get enough of.

Blonde Balayage Tips: Ombre, Balayage Hairstyle for Medium Hair

This lovely bob finishes in a relatively straight line that is slightly shorter at the back and at the front, but the bob is one gorgeous layer throughout, creating this lovely swish effect on either side of the head. This is accentuated by the curls this lovely lady has dispersed throughout, and shows off the brown to blonde balayage to perfection. We love the blonde tips!

Ash to Light Blonde Tousled Bob

One of the ways a balayage transition is so special is when it blends two shades of the same colour together in a totally natural way, like this gorgeous lady has proved. Her roots are a dark ash blonde shade which melts seamlessly into a striking icy blonde at the tip. This lady has worked loose waves throughout the hair to create a beautiful finish.

Blonde to Silver Balayage Blend

These gorgeous and shiny locks fall into the most striking medium length hairstyle that we cannot get enough of! Her hair has a striking dark brown root which quickly works into a blonde shade, blending into a striking and vibrant silver towards the tips of the hair. She’s loosely curled the ends to create a glorious and bouncy finish that we think is stunning.

If you have medium length hair then we hope that we’ve been able to inspire you to brave the balayage colour blend next time you head to the hairdressers! Let us know which one is your favourite and which hairstyles you’d like PoPHaircuts.com to explore next.